Celebrating the Happy End

EnkiSchmidt · February 23

Think of your gameplay in terms of a movie or TV show, please! At some point they will have finished a "chapter", "episode" or a longterm goal that ends the save or challenge. That can be finishing a jungle expedition, succesfully having courted The One and Only, complete a restaurant build and train up all employees or anything else that would constitute a Happy End.

Now look at your screenshots (or memories) - What are your sims most likely to do right after a Happy End?

EnkiSchmidt · February 23

Have drinks or a meal

As expected, my sims dine out or have drinks most often after a harrowing adventure.

But I was surprised that "Kiss" and "Family time" were the second and third most common motives. I don't consider myself a family player.

Lenny_Ogg · February 23

It's always different

and it goes on and on so there is no 'happy end' in sight.
We try to cherish the happy moments in between.

After defeating the Council at Tartosa:
A day off at the beach (they were just too exhausted ^^')

Kiyoshi back from the tree and a diety now:
Food!

After bringing back the Invisible Farm:
Concert at the Country Bunker

When Ji Ho and Vlad engaged their Bond:
A great disturbance in the force ö.Ö

When Jack was back from his coma:
Movie Night

Kiyoshi becoming Jack's Alpha:
Despair (on Jack's side) and pride, happyness and overwhelming love (on Kiyoshi's side)...

SERVERFRA · February 23

Other

How about all the above.

simgirl1010 · February 23

Other

Pick another aspiration, skill, career or Uni degree, etc. 😄 I'm on a quest to get it all done.

mrs_starkey · February 23

Other

After my Sims fought their way through the jungle and found the secret treasure and also after they defeated the dangerous Motherplant, they spend the entire next day in the Spa, getting massages and relax in the hottub. In the evening they went into a local restaurant and enjoyed a yummy selvadorian or "strange" meal, hehe! After all the adventures they deserve to be pampered. I spoil my Sims, and I love it!

DaniRose2143 · February 23

Kiss or woohoo

Other was also a possibility but I chose kiss or woohoo because my couples do everything together and they're all madly in love. When I think about a bit more, it's really likely that there would be gorgeous scenery as a backdrop to the kiss.

luciusstorm · February 23

Family time

I was going to choose Kiss, but really most of my stories end with family, be they birth families, chosen families or new families (which is where the kissing comes in) coming together...

lisamwitt · February 23

Kiss or woohoo

After I finish my goal with a particular Sim, they then have kids so I can pick my heir to play with next. Even if a Sim's goal is raising a successful family, I always have them have another kid to be my heir. The other kids are just part of the goal. lol

EnkiSchmidt · February 23

Have drinks or a meal

SERVERFRA wrote: »

How about all the above.

Technically it's "all of the above" for me too, every option on the poll has occured in my game. But some are more common then others for my sims. I guess because I enjoy dining out (or just eating) a lot irl, so my gameplay choices would reflect that.

@Lenny_Ogg It doesn't have to be the big Happy End, chapter conclusions are perfectly fine! From the poll options I see "Eat", "Scenery" and "Music" in your screenshots.

@mrs_starkey Your sims are lucky! Shoot, I totally didn't think of "Spa time/Me time" as an option. Should probably have used that in place of the more niche "Give a speech".

@simgirl1010 Poor sims, so their only breather is five seconds in the aspiration picker? (Nah, I refuse to believe that. I'm pretty sure they get plenty of little nice moments during their workload.)

@DaniRose2143 Gorgeous indeed! Great screenshot

@luciusstorm When I think of it some more, family does play a role in my stories, too. I'm just not into the nurturing/raising aspect.

@lisamwitt That "extra" kid is probably the luckiest. Whenever I attempted a legacy, my poor heir was overworked with skilling and aspiration goals, while the spares could enjoy their life.

simgirl1010 · February 23

Other

EnkiSchmidt wrote: »

@simgirl1010 Poor sims, so their only breather is five seconds in the aspiration picker? (Nah, I refuse to believe that. I'm pretty sure they get plenty of little nice moments during their workload.)

@EnkiSchmidt absolutely. 😄 Lots of family activities and fun while working on those aspirations.

crocobaura · February 23

Other

My sims don't really celebrate but if they need something they might treat themselves to something nice, like a relaxing bath after finishing a jungle expedition or they might buy a round of drinks at the bar if they manage to earn a small fortune in relics.

CAPTAIN_NXR7 · February 23

“Happy ” End?

☠️

* LAUGHS EVILLY

Sara1010P · February 23

Other

I play generationally, I like playing young adults most, so my Sims remain young adults through Marriage and raising their kids. Once the next generation is ready to take over, that is when this generation celebrates their happy ending, by being set free of my control and finally leading the rest of their lives entirely on their own, getting to make their own decisions. My new generation still interacts with them, they are family after all, but they no longer have a task master to control their lives, they are free.

lisamwitt · February 23

Kiss or woohoo

EnkiSchmidt wrote: »

@lisamwitt That "extra" kid is probably the luckiest. Whenever I attempted a legacy, my poor heir was overworked with skilling and aspiration goals, while the spares could enjoy their life.

Pretty much. Although last time I had a family with a lot of siblings, story mode killed off the spares. I don't remember how they all died, but I do remember that one poor brother (who lived in an apartment) somehow died by cowplant.

Simmingal · February 23

Kiss or woohoo

CAPTAIN_NXR7 wrote: »

“Happy ” End?

☠️

* LAUGHS EVILLY

^ That tbh or its actually more like open ending

but I also often like to add nooboos when there is temporary happy end vibe cause ya never know if those creatures will destroy everything

Caerfinon · February 23

Have drinks or a meal

At the end of the story the superhero tradition is to go for shawarma.... what else would we do?

ChampandGirlie · February 23

Other

After a major turning point or conclusion of a significant chapter of life for a sim, either I continue playing them to the next phase or frequently, i rotate to another household. I tend to change up who I am playing somewhat frequently. It's not bored switching. I just know when it is time for a change. Whenever I come back to them, their plotline moves ahead.

DaniRose2143 · February 23

Kiss or woohoo

Thank you @EnkiSchmidt🙂 It was a case of right time, right place, right pose pack.

bshag4lv · February 24

Dance or otherwise enjoy music

When I picked turn on the music and dance, that's what my sims do anyway when they accomplish something, like upgrading the toilet.

JustMeAlb · February 24

Other

Let them have a day on the beach or at the dance club, or whatever I think they'd do for fun.

Nate_Whiplash1 · February 24

Other

My sims never, ever have a happy ending to anything--they're all lowlifes who have no goals or ambition, and they accomplish nothing

EnkiSchmidt · February 24

Have drinks or a meal

I suppose Happy End is a matter of definition. Sometimes snatching a pack of chips while getting carried out of the exclusive bar by the bouncer can be a victory. I play both Team Evil and Team Good, so for every victory of one side, the other has very little to celebrate.

This was the End of Round 5 screenshot in my active save:
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Two sims kissing, one sim lying on the ground (electroshocked and about to get jailed), one walking away (secretly has feelings for the sim she had to arrest) and one staring into space (sad at the team breaking up). And a droid, because everything is better with droids.

Atreya33 · February 25

Take a picture

When my sims are ultimately done with their story (which usually means a happy end) I move on to another story but keep these sims in my save so I can return to them or meet them as NPCs.

For my supersim I have taken a screenshot to celebrate each aspiration she finished. I have posted some of them on this forum. Right now I am gathering them all in one thread Callisto's aspiration journey.

Here are some examples

GalacticGal · February 26

Other

My happy end will be a life lived well.

MDianaSims · February 26

Other

Be abandoned by their Watcher and fade into oblivion?
I usually quit playing a save when it's 'done' and start a new story or challenge with new sims. Or I plan to continue but just never do.
That said, my sims more frequently do not reach 'the end' because they get abandoned halfway through. I used to be able to complete stories, but I seem to have lost that ability somewhere along the way.

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